Could this be the sale of the century?
Plum Island, a strip of land in Long Island Sound coveted by developers, is known for hosting secretive Cold War-era work on the U.S. biological-weapons program and livestock research that some conspiracy theorists link to the spread of Lyme disease.
The latter claim was so persistent the Department of Homeland Security still refutes it on its website.
These days, the 840-acre (340 hectare) site is embroiled in a different kind of speculation: whether the federal government must sell the island to the highest bidder and have it pass into private hands, or whether it can be kept for public use as a wildlife sanctuary or park.
You can read the rest @
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-16/plum-island-s-mysterious-past-makes-way-for-an-uncertain-future
In a former life, I used to pilot the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) past Plum Island several times a year, but I never got to visit the island.
"Conspiracy theorists"? Take a look at a map of the area - Old Lyme, CT is maybe 10 miles from Plum Island, and the tidal flows in Long Island Sound easily could have carried material from the island to the mainland. The facilities on the island were by no means "airtight", and who knows what the hell they were growing there?
If you want to know more about the island and its infamous laboratory, I suggest you read this book; I did, and the subject matter is fascinating:
http://www.amazon.com/Lab-257-Disturbing-Governments-Laboratory/dp/0060011416/
No comments:
Post a Comment